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CVE-2002-0767

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2002-08-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges.

Affected Platforms

Richard Gooch Simpleinit

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References